December 2024

South Korean web giant Naver creates its own Linux distro 2024-12-10 at 05:03 By Simon Sharwood ‘Navix’ follows OpenELA rules, comes with ten years support, and is already used in production at scale Korean web giant Naver has gone into the operating system business, releasing its very own Linux distribution.… This article is an excerpt […]

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Mystery border control outage causes misery at Malaysia/Singapore frontier 2024-12-10 at 03:48 By Laura Dobberstein If this were a US scandal, we’d cal it ‘Gategate’ Malaysia’s automated border control equipment – known as e-gates or automates – glitched out over the weekend, leaving travelers crossing the very busy border between Johor Bahru and Singapore required

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Police arrest suspect in murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO, with grainy pics the only tech involved 2024-12-10 at 03:03 By Iain Thomson McDonald’s worker called it in, cops swooped, found ‘gun, suppressor, manifesto’ Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a man suspected of killing the CEO of insurer UnitedHealthcare in New York City, thanks to a McDonald’s

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Neuraspace adds a second telescope to track objects in orbit 2024-12-10 at 01:35 By Richard Speed Starlink satellites might annoy astronomers, but at least they’re easy to spot Space debris tracking specialist Neuraspace added another optical telescope to extend satellite tracking over the Southern Hemisphere.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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Reddit rolls out AI-powered ‘Answers’ search feature, redditors don’t rejoice 2024-12-09 at 23:49 By Brandon Vigliarolo Many users unhappy with current state of search, want to know why this got priority Reddit’s internal search engine is often criticized as one of the site’s weakest features but the platform claims AI integration will make it “faster,

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Salt Typhoon recorded top US officials’ calls, says White House 2024-12-09 at 21:06 By Jessica Lyons No word yet on who. Any bets? Chinese cyberspies recorded “very senior” US political figures’ calls, according to White House security boss Anne Neuberger.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Microsoft rolls out Recall for Intel, AMD-based Copilot+ PCs 2024-12-09 at 20:33 By Richard Speed More Windows Insiders get to see if the snapshotter is fixed Microsoft is widening the rollout of the Recall Preview to include Dev Channel Windows Insiders running AMD and Intel-based Copilot+ PCs.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Black Basta Ransomware Evolves with Email Bombing, QR Codes, and Social Engineering 2024-12-09 at 20:33 By The threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware have been observed switching up their social engineering tactics, distributing a different set of payloads such as Zbot and DarkGate since early October 2024. “Users within the target environment will

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X’s Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk back landmark Kids Online Safety Act, urge House passage 2024-12-09 at 19:46 By Thomas Barrabi Elon Musk’s X collaborated with the US lawmakers behind the landmark Kids Online Safety Act to ensure that it doesn’t infringe on free speech, CEO Linda Yaccarino revealed. The strong signal of support from Yaccarino

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Mysterious outbreak with high fatality rate in the DRC could imperil tech supply chains 2024-12-09 at 19:23 By Brandon Vigliarolo Is the industry ready to be tested if the unidentified deadly pathogen spreads beyond rural Kwango Province? A mystery disease with a fatality rate higher than COVID-19 has broken out in the Democratic Republic of

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FCC Chair proposes action to protect nation’s communications systems 2024-12-09 at 19:22 By A chairwoman for the FCC has made cybersecurity proposal for telecommunication organizations in light of recent hacking events.   This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Nvidia shares slide after China launches probe of suspected anti-monopoly violations 2024-12-09 at 19:03 By Associated Press Chinese regulators appear to be focusing on Nvidia’s $6.9 billion acquisition of network and data transmission company Mellanox in 2019. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original

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ByteDance, TikTok seek pause on US ban or sale pending Supreme Court review 2024-12-09 at 18:34 By Thomas Barrabi China-based ByteDance asked a federal court to temporarily halt the law requiring TikTok to be sold or banned by Jan. 19 until the Supreme Court can review. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

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Crooks stole AWS credentials from misconfigured sites then kept them in open S3 bucket 2024-12-09 at 18:34 By Jessica Lyons ShinyHunters-linked heist thought to have been ongoing since March Exclusive  A massive online heist targeting AWS customers during which digital crooks abused misconfigurations in public websites and stole source code, thousands of credentials, and other

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China strikes back with Nvidia antitrust probe as US tightens tech chokehold 2024-12-09 at 17:05 By Dan Robinson Beijing cites GPU giant’s Mellanox merger conditions from four years ago Nvidia has been slapped with an antitrust probe by China’s state regulator, likely a response to US export restrictions as part of the ongoing chip wars

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